Of note:

Dana Smith, a PhD in psychology from the the University of Cambridge and a science writer for Brain Study, wrote that “complete brain death - as in the case of young Jahi - is very different from vegetative state or minimal consciousness; there is never any recovery from brain death.”

“There is no evidence of anyone ever recovering from brain death,” Smith told NBC Bay Area by phone on Monday. “They are, for all intents and purposes, no longer alive.”